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28 Sep 1959 (aged 58) Kassel, Stadtkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany. Burial. Cimitero di Castagnola-Cassarate. Lugano, Distretto di Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland Add to Map. Memorial ID. 12891747. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 4. Flowers 56. Memorials. Region. Europe. Switzerland. Ticino. Distretto di Lugano. Lugano.
- Lugano, Ticino
- January 30, 1901
- Remagen, Landkreis Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Otto Wilhelm Rudolf Caracciola (30 January 1901 – 28 September 1959) was a German racing driver. [1] He won the European Drivers' Championship, the pre-1950 equivalent of the modern Formula One World Championship, an unsurpassed three times. He also won the European Hillclimbing Championship three times – twice in sports cars, and once in ...
- German (naturalized Swiss in November 1946)
- 11
- 1952
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Mar 16, 2012 · A 1937 540K Spezial Roadster went for a whisker under $10 million, setting a world record for a Mercedes-Benz sold at auction. Mike Kunz thinks the Caracciola 500K is worth still more. “There ...
Dec 7, 2012 · Rudolf Caracciola leans on his 500K in 1937, at the port of Bremerhaven, as he prepares to sail to the United States for the Vanderbilt Cup race. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. 3.
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After that he raced on a limited basis, and also did high-speed testing for Mercedes. He raced for the last time in a sports car race at Berne, when his career was ended by another crash. He died of cancer in Kassell, Germany, in 1959. Learn more about Rudolph Caracciola, a Member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, AL.
